Videos and Webinars
NCSACW has produced a variety of videos and webinars geared towards child welfare, substance abuse treatment and legal professionals which can be used for training purposes. These videos and webinars cover a wide spectrum of topics and include downloadable handouts.
Highlighted Resource
Plan of Safe Care Expert Video Series: Partnering with Healthcare Providers for Families Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2023
The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW), with support from the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) developed a four
...(Read More)Module 2: An Introduction to the Five Points of Family Intervention
Date: August 19, 2024
Introduces the Five Points of Family Intervention—and how states can implement Active Efforts—to support American Indian and Alaskan…
Module 3: The Role of Collaborative Partners in the Implementation of Active Efforts
Date: August 19, 2024
Describes the role of collaborative partners in the implementation of Active Efforts to support American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI…
Module 4: An Introduction to the ICWA Active Efforts Support Tool
Date: August 19, 2024
Demonstrates how the ICWA Active Efforts Support Tool helps child welfare staff implement Active Efforts. This module covers the ICWA…
Module 1: An Introduction to the Indian Child Welfare Act and Active Efforts
Date: August 19, 2024
Discusses the historical context, recent Supreme Court decision, and the urgency of providing Active Efforts to maintain or reunify…
Understanding Safety and Risk Concerns for Infants, Children, and Adolescents When Parents Use Cannabis
Date: July 25, 2024
This webinar focuses on the effects of parental use on infants, children, and adolescents. Learn:
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Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and While Breastfeeding: What Have We Learned?
Date: July 18, 2024
This webinar examines prenatal and postpartum cannabis use as well as its effects on neonatal outcomes. Learn:
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Peer Support: A Path to Hope and Family Recovery
Date: May 02, 2024
Join this webinar to learn how peer support specialists instill hope and illuminate a pathway to recovery for families affected by…
Incentive-Based Programs for Tribal Treatment and Recovery
Date: January 25, 2024
This webinar will discuss the research on contingency management for substance use among American Indian and Alaska Native communities…
How to Use Data for Change: Improving Outcomes for Families Affected by Substance Use
Date: October 26, 2023
In most child welfare systems, the majority of cases include parental substance use as a factor in the case. How do practitioners…
A Family Centered Approach to Implementing Plans of Safe Care for Infants and Families Affected by Prenatal Substance Ex...
Date: October 19, 2023
Highlights how a family-centered approach to POSC helps states, Tribes, and communities meet the provisions of the 2016 Amendments to…
Building Hope for Family Healing and Recovery
Date: September 28, 2023
This webinar introduced the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) new publication, Building Hope for Families…
Screening for Substance Use in Child Welfare Using the UNCOPE
Date: September 01, 2023
This pre-recorded video reviews the UNCOPE and through a case vignette demonstrates how to incorporate this screening in child welfare…
Emerging Drug Trends and the Effects on Safety and Risk to Children and Parents
Date: August 31, 2023
This webinar focused on: 1) the increase of fentanyl and other substance use across the country, and 2) the need for child welfare…
Module 4: Developing the Plan of Safe Care with Families
Date: August 01, 2023
Module 4 of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Plan of Safe Care series discusses what can be included in a Plan of Safe Care, how to…
Module 1: Understanding CARA Amendments to CAPTA for Infants Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure
Date: August 01, 2023
Module 1 of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Plan of Safe Care series discusses the 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act…
Module 3: Collaborative Approaches to Implementing Plans of Safe Care
Date: August 01, 2023
Module 3 of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Plan of Safe series discusses how health care providers can work with state teams…
Introduction to the Plan of Safe Care Expert Videos
Date: August 01, 2023
Dr. Stephen Patrick, Director of the Center for Child Health Policy and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy within the…
Module 2: Determining Who Needs a Plan of Safe Care
Date: August 01, 2023
Module 2 of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Plan of Safe Care series discusses the different populations of infants and families who…
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Bending the Trajectory
Date: June 13, 2023
This webinar features national expert Dr. Douglas Waite, who discusses the prevalence of FASD, the importance and challenges of early…
Mitigating Safety and Risk for Children Affected by Parental Substance Use Disorders Involved in the Child Welfare Syste...
Date: February 28, 2023
The webinar reviews 1) child welfare assessment of parental substance use as a safety or risk factor through standardized screening…
Engagement and Safety Decision-Making in Substance Use Disorder Cases
Date: January 11, 2023
Provides an overview of strategies and observations to support engagement with families affected by parental SUDs and involved in child…
Planning for Safety in Cases When Parental Substance Use Disorder is Present
Date: January 05, 2023
Discusses safety factors related to parental SUDs and unique considerations when planning for safety. Provides an overview of strategies…
Screening, Assessing, and Treating Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorder
Date: November 23, 2022
Dr. Mishka Terplan will discuss his research and clinical work with pregnant women with substance use disorders and their infants. The…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: Supporting Kinship Families
Date: October 25, 2022
Focuses on the unique challenges that arise when parents of children in care have a substance use or mental health disorder. These…
How Using Contingency Management Can Support Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders
Date: September 29, 2022
Features 1) an overview of contingency management including the implementation with different cultural populations, 2) the…
Specialized Technical Assistance Programs Overview
Date: September 20, 2022
This pre-recorded webinar highlights two of the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s specialized technical assistance…
Improving Systems through Collaboration: Top Down or Bottom Up? Both!
Date: July 14, 2022
Features NCSACW staff along with professionals from two of NCSACW’s specialized technical assistance programs: In-Depth Technical…
Engaging Dads in Programs to Support Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders
Date: June 22, 2022
This webinar features experts from the CREOKS Health Services in Oklahoma and Hushabye Nursery in Arizona. Panelists and NCSACW staff…
What Now? New Lessons Learned in Tribal-State Partnerships
Date: March 29, 2022
Three sites—Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Minnesota—received ICWA Implementation Partnership Grants from ACF to create timely and…
Disrupting Stigma: A Virtual Conversation
Date: March 11, 2022
This virtual discussion shares information on how to create understanding, empathy, and connection to improve systems and services for…
Learning Exchange: Lessons from Implementation of Plans of Safe Care
Date: March 08, 2022
Final session of a three-part Learning Exchange Series to explore Brief 3 of the technical assistance briefs, How States Serve Infants…
Considerations for Developing a Child Welfare Drug Testing Policy and Protocol
Date: February 15, 2022
Features: 1) key action steps to develop a child welfare drug testing policy; 2) strategies to mitigate challenges child welfare…
Meeting the Moment: How Child Welfare and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Professionals Can Meet the Needs of Adolescen...
Date: January 19, 2022
Provides strategies to help the increasing number of adolescents at risk of suicide and mental health concerns. Suicide rates among…
Learning Exchange: Plans of Safe Care Data and Monitoring
Date: January 11, 2022
This live webinar hosted by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is the second of a three-part Learning…
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Date: December 18, 2021
Provides insight on AI/AN Tribes, communities, and cultural factors related to managing grants.
Learning Exchange: Identification and Notification
Date: December 14, 2021
This live webinar hosted by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is the first of a three-part Learning…
Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START): An Evidence-Based Program for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorder...
Date: April 20, 2021
This webinar provides an overview on the START model that includes a review of the model and associated outcomes, lessons from START…
Part 1: Civil Rights Protections for Individuals with a Disability: The Basics
Date: April 19, 2021
Provides information on protections for qualified individuals with a disability in the child welfare system and federal disability…
Part 2: Civil Rights Protections for Individuals with an Opioid Use Disorder
Date: April 19, 2021
Examines SUDs and OUDs as a disability while analyzing federal disability rights protections for individuals receiving MAT.
Medication-Assisted Treatment and Common Misconceptions
Date: April 19, 2021
This video offers an in-depth look at MAT while addressing common misconceptions about treatment. It highlights strategies that inform…
Child Welfare Case Staffing: Social Worker and Supervisor (Video)
Date: April 19, 2021
This animated video simulates a child welfare worker and supervisor staffing a case involving a mother receiving MAT while pregnant. The…
Child Welfare Case Staffing: Child Welfare Court Case (Video)
Date: April 19, 2021
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) prepared this animated video that simulates a hearing between a judge, a…
Family-Centered Approach for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorder
Date: April 06, 2021
Covers the family-centered treatment approach for children and families affected by substance use disorders while highlighting…
We Can Do Better: Cross-System Approaches for Addressing Child Maltreatment
Date: March 25, 2021
Explores how cross-system collaboration across child and family-serving systems could help prevent child maltreatment. The speakers also…
NCSACW Family Treatment Courts Orientation Briefing
Date: February 16, 2021
The briefing provides an overview of FTCs along with training and technical assistance resources.
Guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics on Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
Date: January 26, 2021
Dr. Stephen Patrick, a national expert on maternal opioid use on infants, provides current information on the crisis; implications for…
A Mother-Centered Approach to Treating Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Date: January 07, 2021
Focuses on how doctors modified the care of infants with NAS and reduced their average length of stay in the hospital by transitioning…
Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Implementing Family-Centered Services
Date: July 30, 2020
Examines family-centered programming across the treatment continuum including outpatient settings. Highlights effective concepts of…
Supporting Wellness Court Participants and Staff During COVID-19
Date: April 10, 2020
Provides guidance for Tribal Healing to Wellness Court programs in adapting treatment court operations during a public health emergency.
Opioid Use Disorder, Maternal Outcome, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Initiative Learning Community
Date: January 16, 2019
An OMNI Learning Community webinar highlighting NAS. Describes the benefits of using a statewide multidisciplinary approach.
Family Matters: Transitioning Toward a Family-Centered Approach in Drug Courts
Date: January 01, 2019
Provides strategies to implement a family-focused approach to court cases involving parental substance use. Demonstrates why cross…
What is Naloxone?
Date: January 01, 2018
Depicts how naloxone works and includes information specific to fentanyl.
Webinar: Tools for Teaching Health Care Providers to Practice Family-Centered Care
Date: January 01, 2018
Biomedical and behavioral providers now work more collaboratively than ever, allowing patients to be at the center of an integrated…
Supporting Cultural Traditions Within the Child Care System—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: January 13, 2017
This video highlights a case study that shares a success story of culturally informed work in a Tribal early childhood setting.
Recognizing Bias and Promoting Equity in Early Childhood Settings—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrat...
Date: January 13, 2017
This video features interviews with experienced infant and early childhood mental health consultants who discuss the importance of…